Introduction
Alexander Bradford joined chambers in 2024 following the completion of his pupillage. He completed a specialist Business and Property pupillage under the supervision of Ali Tabari, Simon Clegg, Kirsty White, John Aldis and Gavin McLeod.
He accepts instructions in all areas of chambers’ Business and Property practice.
Before coming to the Bar, Alexander read law at Queen Mary University of London and spent a year abroad studying international law at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Alexander then worked as a paralegal, initially in boutique solicitors’ firms in the City of London, acting for entrepreneurs, consumers and small businesses. He subsequently paralegalled in-house at Barclays (on secondment from Pinsent Masons), where he managed a regulatory and compliance project for the bank, and Sainsbury’s, where he acted for Sainsbury’s Supermarkets and Argos in consumer disputes, managed his own caseload, and provided representation in court.
Alexander reached the semi-final of the Middle Temple (Rosamund Smith) Mooting Cup in 2020 and, during his year abroad, undertook advocacy training and a mock trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
In his spare time, Alexander enjoys gaming, beach holidays, desserts and afternoon tea. He spent several years co-authoring a responsible gambling blog which gave insights on house edges, betting systems, gaming law, and other aspects of the gambling industry.
Commercial and Chancery Litigation
Alexander accepts instructions in all areas of commercial and chancery litigation. He has appeared in a wide range of interim hearings and trials, including several fast-track trials.
Alexander has considerable expertise with consumer matters, not just from his current instructions but also his prior experience in consumer law firms and in-house at Sainsbury’s. Alexander acts for both consumers and businesses. In his previous role at Sainsbury’s, Alexander managed his own caseload of consumer cases brought against the Sainsbury’s group.
He has applied for Civil Restraint Orders against vexatious litigants. He also acted for consumers at a previous law firm in claims for financial mis-selling. Amongst his current instructions, Alexander has acted for consumers in “motor finance” litigation against financial institutions.
Insolvency and Restructuring
Alexander represents petitioners and debtors in winding up and bankruptcy petitions. He also has experience of applications for substituted service, setting aside a statutory demand, appeals against an office-holder’s decision to reject a proof of debt, and others incidental to insolvency proceedings.
Real Estate
Alexander regularly acts for both landlords and tenants in possession proceedings. He is often instructed on claims with complex issues of law. He has dealt with issues ranging from:
- The effects of breathing space moratoriums and Individual Voluntary Arrangements;
- Counterclaims for disrepair and disputed rental arrears;
- Trespassers (both named and Persons Unknown);
- Matrimonial home rights; and
- The retrospective requirements of gas safety regulations and other formalities for a valid section 21 notice.
Alexander also has experience of TOLATA claims, disputes over rights of way and other easements, and applications to suspend a warrant of possession.
Education
- English & European Law (LLB), Queen Mary University of London
- Year abroad studying EU and International Law (LLM) at University of Leuven, Belgium
- Bar Professional Training Course, BPP University
- Legal Practice (LLM), Distinction, BPP University
Scholarships and prizes:
- Dissertation Prize, Queen Mary University of London
- Advocacy Scholarship, BPP University
